You know you are rubbish....

odessouky

when you are out on your shiny new carbon bike...all dressed up...your bike has 105 this and ultegra that...doing your best to beat your strava times with your phone in your pocket....

When a guy twice your size, and quite older overtakes and zips past you...on a well abused commuter bike, with panniers completely full and a large bag on his back....



:roll:

chris_bass

i like racing the old guy near me who has a power assisted bike, its usually fine except for headwinds and hills!

arran77

I'm sorry I don't know that feeling

guinea

I'm not very fast, but when commuting home along the Essex lanes I very often find myself bombing past riders who should be going a lot quicker. I am not a race type. I ride slow in town and then about 20mph average when I leave central London. I don't speed up or slow down for other riders.

On Monday night I passed a guy who instantly sprinted past me again. He was a good 30kgs lighter than me and on his carbon best bike while I was on the commuter and had a backpack on. He was in and out of the saddle and huffing and puffing while I just wheel sucked him doing my usual effort.

I genuinely felt a bit guilty when I whizzed past him about 8kms later.

People _are_ funny.

arthur_scrimshaw

guinea wrote:

I'm not very fast, but when commuting home along the Essex lanes I very often find myself bombing past riders who should be going a lot quicker. I am not a race type. I ride slow in town and then about 20mph average when I leave central London. I don't speed up or slow down for other riders.

On Monday night I passed a guy who instantly sprinted past me again. He was a good 30kgs lighter than me and on his carbon best bike while I was on the commuter and had a backpack on. He was in and out of the saddle and huffing and puffing while I just wheel sucked him doing my usual effort.

I genuinely felt a bit guilty when I whizzed past him about 8kms later.

People _are_ funny.

Oh god, you're so going to get it now

BrandonA

I was gaining on a chap last night up a long drag. He had no idea I was catching him. He got towards he top of the hill, stood up and put down the power in order to crest it. He was gobsmacked when I overtook him whilst seated.

Always amusing to overtake people and completely surprise them.

It amuses me further when they then try and sit your wheel but fail at that too.

markhewitt1978

Same, going along a tarmac cycle path, I'm in the drops trying to get a good average speed for the ride, and a guy comes past on a beat up old mountain bike with knobbly tyres looking like he wasn't trying. Bah!

chris_bass

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

guinea wrote:

I'm not very fast, but when commuting home along the Essex lanes I very often find myself bombing past riders who should be going a lot quicker. I am not a race type. I ride slow in town and then about 20mph average when I leave central London. I don't speed up or slow down for other riders.

On Monday night I passed a guy who instantly sprinted past me again. He was a good 30kgs lighter than me and on his carbon best bike while I was on the commuter and had a backpack on. He was in and out of the saddle and huffing and puffing while I just wheel sucked him doing my usual effort.

I genuinely felt a bit guilty when I whizzed past him about 8kms later.

People _are_ funny.

Oh god, you're so going to get it now

+1 :-)

DiscoBoy

I was out in my new Dawes for the first time, toodling into town complete with panniers. A guy on a carbon bike tried to drop me after I hitched a lift. He didn't like it when I dropped him in response

Bozman

I can remember passing a couple of Skyed up blokes on a drag of a hill last year and getting abuse.
It was one of those days where everything was flowing well, these blokes were three quarters of the way up this hill and I hit the hill well and just powered up it, I passed them at pace just before the top and said "mornin", I got **** off and something else was shouted as I disappeared.

drlodge

Passed a guy at the top of Combe Lane just after the hair pin where it ramps up, we were both panting for breath...I said "you al'right" to which he replied "why wouldn't I be" :roll: I left him pedalling in his granny gear

Chunky101

So this thread proves that whilst cyclists pretend to be nice folk who value different abilities and celebrate equality we're all just a bunch of smug elitists who think we're better than everybody else just because we managed to pass them or we don't like their choice of gear. Nice one

simon_masterson

I remember one time a guy on a vaguely posh bike got a bit upset at being overtaken; though I had popped out to the shops on my old steel bike and was wearing a leather jacket, jeans tucked into socks and a woolly hat.

littledove44

I hate being passed when I am in the drops giving it all by people sitting upright eating their lunch.

adr82

Chunky101 wrote:

So this thread proves that whilst cyclists pretend to be nice folk who value different abilities and celebrate equality we're all just a bunch of smug elitists who think we're better than everybody else just because we managed to pass them or we don't like their choice of gear. Nice one

There's a 2500+ page thread about nothing much more than overtaking other cyclists in the commuting forum somewhere. I think that says it all :P

HellsCyclist

Went out for a ride a few days ago and I was feeling quite knackered. Was alright after 10 miles tho. Ended up doing 40 miles and actually felt more energetic after the ride than when I set out. I rode at my usual intensity and my typical rides are usually about 20 miles or so, but about 40 is my limit without food. Thought it was quite weird.

sloppyschleckonds

HellsCyclist wrote:

Went out for a ride a few days ago and I was feeling quite knackered. Was alright after 10 miles tho. Ended up doing 40 miles and actually felt more energetic after the ride than when I set out. I rode at my usual intensity and my typical rides are usually about 20 miles or so, but about 40 is my limit without food. Thought it was quite weird.

Whut

chris_bass

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

HellsCyclist wrote:

Went out for a ride a few days ago and I was feeling quite knackered. Was alright after 10 miles tho. Ended up doing 40 miles and actually felt more energetic after the ride than when I set out. I rode at my usual intensity and my typical rides are usually about 20 miles or so, but about 40 is my limit without food. Thought it was quite weird.

Whut

yeah, what he said.... whut?

if you cant do more than 40 miles without food you must cycle at about 200mph!!

motogull

Bozman wrote:

I can remember passing a couple of Skyed up blokes on a drag of a hill last year and getting abuse.
It was one of those days where everything was flowing well, these blokes were three quarters of the way up this hill and I hit the hill well and just powered up it, I passed them at pace just before the top and said "mornin", I got **** off and something else was shouted as I disappeared.

Tossers.

veronese68

I don't think the thread title needs the ....
I know I'm rubbish, fullstop.

team47b

Chris Bass wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

HellsCyclist wrote:

Went out for a ride a few days ago and I was feeling quite knackered. Was alright after 10 miles tho. Ended up doing 40 miles and actually felt more energetic after the ride than when I set out. I rode at my usual intensity and my typical rides are usually about 20 miles or so, but about 40 is my limit without food. Thought it was quite weird.

Whut

yeah, what he said.... whut?

if you cant do more than 40 miles without food you must cycle at about 200mph!!

...or a diabetic on insulin

chris_bass

team47b wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

HellsCyclist wrote:

Went out for a ride a few days ago and I was feeling quite knackered. Was alright after 10 miles tho. Ended up doing 40 miles and actually felt more energetic after the ride than when I set out. I rode at my usual intensity and my typical rides are usually about 20 miles or so, but about 40 is my limit without food. Thought it was quite weird.

Whut

yeah, what he said.... whut?

if you cant do more than 40 miles without food you must cycle at about 200mph!!

...or a diabetic on insulin

ah yeah, hadnt thought of that, I feel bad now!

tom_pvfc

Veronese68 wrote:

I don't think the thread title needs the ....
I know I'm rubbish, fullstop.

You could be with me then. But when we get to overtake someone on that rare occasion (often a kid on a bike) it feels good

team47b

Chris Bass wrote:

team47b wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

HellsCyclist wrote:

Went out for a ride a few days ago and I was feeling quite knackered. Was alright after 10 miles tho. Ended up doing 40 miles and actually felt more energetic after the ride than when I set out. I rode at my usual intensity and my typical rides are usually about 20 miles or so, but about 40 is my limit without food. Thought it was quite weird.

Whut

yeah, what he said.... whut?

if you cant do more than 40 miles without food you must cycle at about 200mph!!

...or a diabetic on insulin

ah yeah, hadnt thought of that, I feel bad now!

Didn't say it to make you feel bad

I can only go about 20 miles before I have to eat!

thegibdog

Funny how some people see a thread about self deprecation as an excuse to belittle others...

Personally, I know I'm rubbish when club mates do 10 mile TTs quicker than I can do 5 mile descents!

Pantani98

thegibdog wrote:

Funny how some people see a thread about self deprecation as an excuse to belittle others...

This.

Some people just lack class I suppose.

johngti

I just know I'm rubbish but I enjoy myself anyway!

odessouky

johngti wrote:

I just know I'm rubbish but I enjoy myself anyway!

Excellent...same here!!!

odessouky

Veronese68 wrote:

I don't think the thread title needs the ....
I know I'm rubbish, fullstop.

Many thanks mate..!!